The party does not yet have a candidate to challenge incumbent Mayor Stephanie Miner. She won the Democratic primary last week over City Councilor Pat Hogan and Alfonso Davis.

Ryan McMahon, chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature and a Republican leader, said last week that the party could run no candidate or it could endorse Hogan. Hogan said last week that he would wait to decide until his son and campaign manager returned from his honeymoon Tuesday.

The deadline has passed to name a candidate for mayor, but the party has found a way to stall that a court upheld last week. Kevin Kuehner, whose name is holding a place on the ballot, can disqualify himself to allow another candidate to run.
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